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In 1882, a mysterious man using a false name married and murdered a well-to-do widow in Essex County, New York. While awaiting the gallows he composed poems, an autobiography, and six enigmatic cryptograms that have never been solved. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll examine the strange case of Henry Debosny, whose true identity remains a mystery.
We'll also consider children's food choices and puzzle over a surprising footrace.
Intro:
In 1972 two Canadian scientists set out to figure the number of monsters in Loch Ness.
Winston Churchill's country home must always maintain a marmalade cat named Jock.
Sources for our feature on Henry Debosnys:
Cheri L. Farnsworth, Adirondack Enigma, 2010.
Craig P. Bauer, Unsolved!, 2017.
George Levi Brown, Pleasant Valley: A History of Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York, 1905.
Caroline Halstead Barton Royce, Bessboro: A History of Westport, Essex Co., N.Y., 1902.
"Debosnys Ciphers," The Cipher Foundation (accessed Oct. 7, 2018).
Craig P. Bauer, "When Killers Leave Ciphers," history.com, Nov. 14, 2017.
Nick Pelling, "Henry Debosnys and the Cimbria ... ?" Cipher Mysteries, Nov. 16, 2015.
Nick Pelling, "Thoughts on the Debosnys Ciphers ..." Cipher Mysteries, Nov. 7, 2015.
Nick Pelling, "The Person Not on the S.S.Cimbria ..." Cipher Mysteries, Nov. 17, 2015.
"Guilty of Wife Murder," [Washington D.C.] National Republican, March 8, 1883.
"Hangman's Day," [Wilmington, Del.] Daily Republican, April 28, 1883.
"A Murderer's Story," Burlington [Vt.] Weekly Free Press, Nov. 24, 1882.
"A Wife's Fearful Death," New York Times, Aug. 6, 1882.
"A Remarkable Man Hanged," New York Times, April 28, 1883.
The Troy Times of Nov. 23, 1882, had noted, "The prisoner spends his time writing verses, or what he thinks is poetry, and he has over a ream of foolscap paper closely written. Much of this doggerel is written in Latin, French, and an unknown cipher, which Debosnys says is used in Europe quite extensively." These six cryptograms came to light in 1957 -- none has been solved:
Listener mail:
August Skalweit, Die Deutsche Kriegsernährungswirtschaft, 1927.
Emma Beckett, "Food Fraud Affects Many Supermarket Staples, So How Do You Choose the Good Stuff?" ABC, Sept. 3, 2018.
Stephen Strauss, "Clara M. Davis and the Wisdom of Letting Children Choose Their Own Diets," Canadian Medical Association Journal 175:10 (Nov. 7, 2006), 1199–1201.
Benjamin Scheindlin, "'Take One More Bite for Me': Clara Davis and the Feeding of Young Children," Gastronomica 5:1 (Winter 2005), 65-69.
Clara M. Davis, "Results of the Self-Selection of Diets by Young Children," Canadian Medical Association Journal 41:3 (September 1939), 257.
This week's lateral thinking puzzle was inspired by an item on the podcast No Such Thing as a Fish. Here are two corroborating links (warning -- these spoil the puzzle).
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has a patent for, Genetically Engineered Swine Influenza Virus and Uses Thereof (patent #8124101). It was filed in 2005 for approval. The makers of the human variant of the swine flu virus waited until the patent was finally approved in January of 2009, before unleashing the virus into the wild. The makers of the swine flu vaccine had begun the lengthy patenting process long before the swine flu supposedly existed, which means that the outbreak was no accident, and the virus is clearly not natural. Patents only apply to man-made items, and natural things cannot be patented. The virus conveniently went public only after its vaccine patent was approved, after patiently waiting 3 years for that to happen. The pandemic was declared just five months after the patent was approved, in June of 2009. The tremendous hysteria following the outbreak was promoted by the same groups who had invented this genetically engineered virus. The word "invented" was actually used to describe the virus in the patent application.
The patent application states:
"The present invention relates, in general, to attenuated swine influenza viruses having an impaired ability to antagonize the cellular interferon (IFN) response, and the use of such attenuated viruses in vaccine and pharmaceutical formulations. In particular, the invention relates to attenuated swine influenza viruses having modifications to a swine NS1 gene that diminish or eliminate the ability of the NS1 gene product to antagonize the cellular IFN response. These viruses replicate in vivo, but demonstrate decreased replication, virulence and increased attenuation, and therefore are well suited for use in live virus vaccines, and pharmaceutical formulations."
This human-infecting variant of the virus was not first discovered in the wild. It was invented. Without genetic engineering, animal viruses seldom infect humans, because human DNA varies too greatly from animal DNA. There were rare cases of cross contamination with certain diseases, such as cow pox, but these infections require contact with the animal and are not contagious between humans. This has been the situation throughout almost all of history. That is until animal viruses were given biotechnology and biowarfare industry help.
The patent ownership is claimed by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York University), St. Jude Children's Hospital, and the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Under the inventors section of the patent are listed:
Palese, Peter (Leonia, NJ)
Garcia-Sastre, Adolfo (New York, NY)
Webby, Richard J. (Memphis, TN)
Richt, Juergen A. (Ames, IA)
Webster, Robert G. (Memphis, TN)
Lager, Kelly M. (Colo, IA)
Why would an attenuated (weakened for the purpose of vaccines) genetically engineered virus exist, and then be patented prior to any outbreaks in history -- when it doesn't even exist outside the laboratory? When we first reported on the swine flu in our audio show, we mentioned the implausibility of it having occurred naturally. For swine flu, avian flu and human flu, DNA cannot naturally mix without destroying themselves. It does not happen in nature.
If the patented version of the swine flu virus now being put into vaccines failed to be identical to the version that is now being found in humans, then it would be completely useless for creating immunity. Therefore, since the above patent is for a genetically engineered virus, the virus that spread throughout the population had to be genetically engineered in an identical fashion, and it must have originated from the same facility.
The very existence of the patent demonstrates that it was intentionally produced for a commercial endeavor. The only question that remains is, was this germ warfare attack against the U.S. public accidental, or intentional? Considering that they had this vaccine ahead of time, and then coordinated a media cover-up yields a depressing answer to this question.
This virus became weaker the longer that it existed in the wild. It was initially killing a lot of people in Mexico, but then the virus quickly mutated, and it became much less harmful. Due to the virus' rapid mutations, the swine flu vaccine is ironically unlikely to be helpful against current strains. What was initially unleashed upon the public was horrific, and the weakening of this virus through natural mutation was never intended by its manufacturers at the medical schools, and within the U.S. Government. The fact that this virus essentially neutralized itself over time is an indicator that God has not yet completely abandoned us.

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I was given one ice chip an hour
Just one ice chip an hour
Not enough to quench my thirst
I thought that my stomach would burst
Dad, dad, dad, dad, dad...
Give me some relief
Give me some relief
I've had the most horrible dreams
I've had the most horrible dreams
Dad, dad, dad, dad...
The girl next to me never shuts up
She screams and screams and won't shut up
She screams all night and won't shut up
She screams for her mom, but she won't shut up
Dad, dad, dad, dad...
I need some relief
I need some release
Will you pray for me?
Will you pray for me?
I was given one ice chip an hour
Just one ice chip an hour
Not enough to quench my thirst
They were afraid my stomach would burst
And the girl
And the girl
And the girl
And the girl
And the girl
And the girl
And the girl
And the girl
Screaming in the face of death
She was screaming in the face of death
Screaming at the angel
Screaming at the angel
We're only
We're only
We're only
We're only
We're only
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We're only children
Screaming in the face of death
Screaming in the face of death
Screaming in the face of death
Screaming in the face of death
Screaming in
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Screaming in
Screaming in
Screaming in
Dad, dad, dad, dad...

In this lesson Mike examines Jesus' response to those who rejected Him. A response that will pronounce a judgement on the religious leaders of that time as well as a long prophetic discourse about the destruction of Jerusalem and His return at the end of the world. (Matthew 23:1-25:46)
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[Never Stops]
I had dreams
That frightened me awake
I happened to escape
But my escape
Would never come
Would never come
Would never come
Would never come
I had plans
To go away for days
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That haunts my days
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Winter
In my heart
It never stops
It never stops
Oh, winter
Oh, winter
Oh, winter
Oh, winter
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It never stops
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In this next to last lesson Mike tackles Christianity's most exciting and complex doctrine - the events and timing of the return of Jesus and the end of the world as we know it.
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This a scene from a movie that i co-directed with one of my main homies Cameron Geiser. It's one of our first productions done in our junior year of college in 2011. The editing is a little sloppy, there are quite a bit of jump cuts, the lighting gets weird near the end and it's filmed all handheld since there wasn't enough space in the area to set up a tripod. But where this piece shines is in the acting, we got some excellent acting from Derek Dillon and Kirsten Rempala in their respective roles, so theres no doubt they added the core quality of this piece. Enjoy it regardless!

Hodj 'n' Podj is a video game released in 1995 designed by video game veteran Steven Meretzky. The game is a collection of reworked puzzle games such as Battleship, Poker, Slots, Cryptograms, and Memory loosely tied together with an overarching goal to save two princesses.
Boffo's first game, it was published by Virgin Interactive but was originally developed for Media Vision. Media Vision restructured after a massive securities fraud scandal in 1994 and the title was purchased by Virgin at the bankruptcy auctions.
The game itself plays similarly to Mario Party, being a competitive board game that ties together several minigames.
The Animation in the intro is superb for a 90's PC game and the voice actors are of a quality similar to a children's TV series. It's a shame it wasn't ported to more platforms.
Would have been interesting to have a version on home consoles like the Playstation. Especially to have 2 other coloured princes (Rodj and Todj?) to make it a 4 player party game. Not to be sadly.

Deerhunter perform "Never Stops" at Warehouse Live in Houston, TX on December 3, 2008.
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Montague Rhodes James librivox was a medieval scholar; Provost of King’s College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be read aloud in the long tradition of spooky Christmas Eve tales. His stories often use rural settings, with a quiet, scholarly protagonist getting caught up in the activities of supernatural forces. The details of horror are almost never explicit, the stories relying on a gentle, bucolic background to emphasise the awfulness of the otherworldly intrusions.
“Ghost Stories of an Antiquary” was written as two collections, presented here as two volumes in a single work. There is a short author’s preface before the first story in each volume. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M. R. JAMES
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Panel Discussion and Book Signing with:
James Hanken, Professor of Biology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Curator in Herpetology; Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology; and Director, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Nancy Pick, Science Writer and Editor
Donald Pfister, Asa Gray Professor of Systematic Botany and Curator of the Farlow Library and Herbarium, Harvard University
Raquel Alonso Perez, Curator, Harvard Mineralogical & Geological Museum
In the words of biologist Edward O. Wilson, the Harvard Museum of Natural History stands as both "cabinet of wonder and temple of science." Its rich and unlikely history involves literary figures, creationists, millionaires, and visionary scientists, from Asa Gray to Stephen Jay Gould. First published in 2004, Rarest of the Rare tells fascinating stories about the vast and diverse collections of animals, minerals, and plants housed at the museum. To celebrate the book’s reissue, a panel will discuss the relevance of the museum’s scientific collections in thetwenty-first century and the value of knowing the history of these great treasures.
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Chapters 24 and 25 of Matthew contain 3 views that Jesus uses to describe the destruction of Jerusalem, the second coming, and the cycle of devolution present in the world since Adam's sin. (Matthew 24-25)
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